Ruth Buzzi, 1970

May 4, 2014

Submitted by Mark Kinsler

Written by

Mark Kinsler

Eagle-Gazette Correspondent

I’m delighted to report that, at age 77, the versatile actress and comedian Ruth Buzzi is still with us, raising fancy cattle in Fort Worth.

She’s perhaps most famous for her continuing role in “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” a pioneering political comedy series that ran from 1968 to 1973, but she was everywhere — in game shows, advertisements, sitcoms and Sesame Street.

This wire feature from the April 4, 1970, Eagle-Gazette describes her as a “comedienne,” yet another term that’s gone out of style.